ENOUGH WITH THE SOAP OPERA-
TAKE A HIKE BRETT!!
By John Leon
Oh woe is me…I was pressured into retiring by the Packers…I don’t really have a relationship with the General Manager…I’m on Greta Van Susteren…WHAT? Greta Van Susteren?
Hey Brett, what the hell are you doing? The all-time leading passer in NFL history is making him self look like a complete and utter jackass and for what? His legacy is already assured and while I don’t blame him for wanting to play again after the tearful retirement speech, what about the other two or three years that he held the team up for ransom while he was deciding whether he wanted to play again the next year?
Brett Favre is, in my mind, the ultimate quarterback, the gunslinger in the Namath mode, the go-for-broke passer that dared defenses to try and stop him. They did to a point as proven by his also leading the NFL in career interceptions. But now he’s taken this to a new level of greediness.
Let’s review shall we?
Wasn’t it just a few years ago that he said that he wasn’t sure if he wanted to come back and basically held the Packers up in the draft and the signing of potential free agents? He says he lobbied for Randy Moss and the GM Ted Thompson couldn’t get the deal done. No matter the fact that the Patriots had a better shot at Moss because Moss wanted to go the Super Bowl, and let’s face it, the Pack was a few cents short of a dollar there.
Wasn’t it recently that he wouldn’t even talk to Aaron Rodgers, his backup and QB to be? Why would he go out of his way to embrace the man that will eventually replace him? Look around the league and you notice that almost every starting QB has a pretty fair relationship with the other passers on the team. It’s not rocket science and Brett knows this. He was the starter and that’s that, so why not take the kid under his wing and show him the ropes.
After his “retirement” the Pack went and drafted another QB to back up Rodgers, thereby moving the team forward. Now Brett says that they pressured him into retirement and he wants to come back, and good for the Packers, they have said that they’re moving on and he’s still a part of the team, but at a lesser role.
“I want my release”, he said.
“No shot,” say the team.
Good for them! Why should they just give him away and get nothing in return? You want out? Make a list of teams you want to go to and we’ll see of we can work out a deal. Obviously that’s not good enough for the Gunslinger.
In conclusion, I feel that he has done this team wrong in many ways, and it’s just a matter of time before he either retires permanently or gets traded. Sadly, it’s becoming the norm for aging QB’s and history has proven out All of the Hall of Famers mentioned here after have finished their careers elsewhere. It wouldn’t look right for Favre to be in another uniform, but the games go on and his legacy will only be tarnished briefly.
Joe Montana, John Unitas, Joe Namath, are just three who ended on other teams. Sure they looked strange in another helmet after their glory years but they lost no luster from their greatness.
Move on Brett, but stop the whining, that looks real bad, and besides, Greta Van Susteren? Peter King or Chris Mortenson wasn’t good enough?
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